Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 63 68
Rank change year-on-year -39 +5 -13
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,715 1,934 3,592
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.80% 4.28% 3.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.46% 4.64% 4.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,262 971 2,703
10th Percentile £46,939 £50,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £74,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.68% +14.62% -13.97%
75th Percentile £93,634 £95,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £61,206
% change year-on-year -7.14% +14.37% -9.32%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 69,604 41,717 88,260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.20% 92.25% 81.84%
Number of salaries quoted 48,009 22,461 62,520
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,800 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 24 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 24 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -39 1,545 £75,000 +0.17% 336
UK excluding London -72 847 £65,000 -7.14% 275
Work from Home -28 763 £67,500 -3.57% 195
London -8 730 £85,000 +0.59% 135
North of England -48 334 £69,310 -4.40% 85
South East -22 228 £65,000 -7.14% 96
North West -50 184 £75,000 +3.45% 50
South West -73 89 £52,500 -23.39% 39
Midlands -71 86 £67,500 - 22
Yorkshire -36 78 £65,000 -13.18% 17
North East +14 72 £65,000 +2.36% 19
West Midlands -38 60 £80,000 +14.29% 16
East of England -21 46 £60,100 -1.88% 11
Wales -28 33 £70,000 +34.62% 6
Scotland -66 29 £60,000 -24.44% 14
East Midlands -67 25 £65,000 +1.96% 6
Northern Ireland -32 6 £62,500 +25.00% 7
Isle of Man - 3 £35,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 27 (1.57%) Confluence
2 24 (1.40%) Apache Spark
3 14 (0.82%) Apache
3 14 (0.82%) CMS
3 14 (0.82%) IIS
4 10 (0.58%) JBoss
5 9 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 8 (0.47%) OpenStack
7 6 (0.35%) WordPress
8 5 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.29%) Drupal
8 5 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.23%) Camunda
9 4 (0.23%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.23%) nginx
10 3 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.17%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.17%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.12%) DNN
11 2 (0.12%) Kentico
Applications
1 10 (0.58%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.35%) PlantUML
3 5 (0.29%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (0.29%) Oracle Retail
4 4 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.12%) Shopify
7 1 (0.058%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 920 (53.64%) AWS
2 747 (43.56%) Azure
3 322 (18.78%) GCP
4 262 (15.28%) Serverless
5 185 (10.79%) GitHub
6 175 (10.20%) SaaS
7 148 (8.63%) Azure DevOps
8 127 (7.41%) AWS Lambda
9 107 (6.24%) Amazon EKS
9 107 (6.24%) Amazon S3
10 90 (5.25%) AWS CloudFormation
11 77 (4.49%) Amazon ECS
12 76 (4.43%) Azure Service Bus
13 69 (4.02%) GitHub Copilot
14 68 (3.97%) Amazon EC2
15 61 (3.56%) Amazon SQS
16 60 (3.50%) Azure AKS
17 57 (3.32%) GitHub Actions
18 47 (2.74%) PaaS
19 45 (2.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 64 (3.73%) Broadband
2 24 (1.40%) Network Security
3 13 (0.76%) DMARC
4 12 (0.70%) MQTT
5 11 (0.64%) DNS
5 11 (0.64%) Internet
6 8 (0.47%) Firewall
6 8 (0.47%) Hyperconnected
6 8 (0.47%) VPN
7 7 (0.41%) AMQP
7 7 (0.41%) DHCP
8 6 (0.35%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (0.35%) HTTP
8 6 (0.35%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.29%) LTE
9 5 (0.29%) RFID
10 3 (0.17%) Modbus
11 2 (0.12%) HTTPS
11 2 (0.12%) SNMP
11 2 (0.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 253 (14.75%) MongoDB
2 202 (11.78%) NoSQL
3 193 (11.25%) PostgreSQL
4 126 (7.35%) Elasticsearch
5 119 (6.94%) Azure SQL Database
6 104 (6.06%) MySQL
7 82 (4.78%) SQL Server
8 80 (4.66%) Relational Database
9 52 (3.03%) Redis
10 50 (2.92%) DynamoDB
11 49 (2.86%) Amazon RDS
12 28 (1.63%) Big Data
13 26 (1.52%) BigQuery
14 23 (1.34%) RDBMS
15 13 (0.76%) Pinecone
16 9 (0.52%) Data Lake
16 9 (0.52%) Db2
17 8 (0.47%) DTS
18 7 (0.41%) Geospatial Data
19 6 (0.35%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 203 (11.84%) Git
2 165 (9.62%) GitLab
3 135 (7.87%) Jenkins
4 58 (3.38%) TeamCity
5 52 (3.03%) JIRA
6 48 (2.80%) JUnit
7 39 (2.27%) Cucumber
8 32 (1.87%) Cypress.io
9 31 (1.81%) Claude Code
9 31 (1.81%) Mockito
10 29 (1.69%) CircleCI
11 28 (1.63%) Maven
12 19 (1.11%) Selenium
13 17 (0.99%) SonarQube
13 17 (0.99%) Vite
14 15 (0.87%) JMeter
14 15 (0.87%) Postman
15 13 (0.76%) REST Assured
16 9 (0.52%) Bitbucket
16 9 (0.52%) Spock
General
1 451 (26.30%) Finance
2 310 (18.08%) Social Skills
3 165 (9.62%) Banking
4 157 (9.15%) Public Sector
5 101 (5.89%) Retail
6 98 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
7 93 (5.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 92 (5.36%) Law
9 55 (3.21%) Financial Institution
10 49 (2.86%) Back Office
11 31 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
12 29 (1.69%) Telecoms
13 26 (1.52%) Marketing
14 18 (1.05%) Aerospace
15 17 (0.99%) Advertising
16 16 (0.93%) Billing
17 15 (0.87%) Legal
18 13 (0.76%) Games
19 12 (0.70%) Front Office
20 11 (0.64%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 601 (35.04%) Developer
2 406 (23.67%) Senior
3 347 (20.23%) Software Engineer
4 247 (14.40%) Architect
5 243 (14.17%) Lead
6 154 (8.98%) .NET Developer
7 145 (8.45%) Full-Stack Developer
8 138 (8.05%) Java Developer
9 125 (7.29%) Java Engineer
10 119 (6.94%) Senior Software Engineer
11 116 (6.76%) Senior Developer
12 96 (5.60%) Solutions Architect
13 87 (5.07%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 78 (4.55%) Principal Engineer
15 71 (4.14%) Software Developer
16 61 (3.56%) Lead Developer
17 57 (3.32%) DevOps Engineer
18 53 (3.09%) Senior Java Engineer
19 49 (2.86%) Java Software Engineer
20 44 (2.57%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 418 (24.37%) .NET
2 385 (22.45%) React
3 366 (21.34%) Node.js
4 289 (16.85%) Spring
5 272 (15.86%) RESTful
6 269 (15.69%) Spring Boot
7 232 (13.53%) REST
8 204 (11.90%) Kafka
9 177 (10.32%) ASP.NET
10 176 (10.26%) .NET Core
11 175 (10.20%) AngularJS
12 163 (9.50%) Vue
13 142 (8.28%) ASP.NET Core
14 87 (5.07%) HTML
15 86 (5.01%) ASP.NET Web API
16 85 (4.96%) .NET Framework
17 81 (4.72%) gRPC
18 80 (4.66%) CSS
19 76 (4.43%) Blazor
20 68 (3.97%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 515 (30.03%) Cloud Native
2 295 (17.20%) Distributed Systems
3 120 (7.00%) Product Ownership
4 84 (4.90%) Legacy Systems
5 75 (4.37%) Enterprise Software
6 51 (2.97%) Greenfield Project
7 46 (2.68%) Video\Live Streaming
8 45 (2.62%) Over-the-Top Content
9 36 (2.10%) Onboarding
10 34 (1.98%) Public Cloud
11 31 (1.81%) Algorithms
12 29 (1.69%) Data Structures
13 27 (1.57%) AI Agents
13 27 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
14 24 (1.40%) Distributed Architecture
14 24 (1.40%) e-Learning
15 23 (1.34%) Legacy Applications
15 23 (1.34%) Mobile App
16 22 (1.28%) Virtual Team
17 21 (1.22%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 101 (5.89%) Linux
2 45 (2.62%) Windows
3 20 (1.17%) Unix
4 7 (0.41%) CentOS
4 7 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.35%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.29%) Debian
6 5 (0.29%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.17%) AIX
7 3 (0.17%) Android
7 3 (0.17%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.058%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 870 (50.73%) CI/CD
2 755 (44.02%) Agile
3 631 (36.79%) DevOps
4 625 (36.44%) Software Engineering
5 479 (27.93%) Full-Stack Development
6 417 (24.31%) Containerisation
7 397 (23.15%) Mentoring
8 362 (21.11%) Test Automation
9 352 (20.52%) Event-Driven
10 333 (19.42%) AI
11 330 (19.24%) Infrastructure as Code
12 320 (18.66%) Continuous Improvement
13 298 (17.38%) Problem-Solving
14 234 (13.64%) Scrum
15 221 (12.89%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 208 (12.13%) Technical Leadership
17 205 (11.95%) TDD
18 194 (11.31%) Clean Code
18 194 (11.31%) Coaching
19 182 (10.61%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 569 (33.18%) Java
2 421 (24.55%) Python
3 419 (24.43%) SQL
4 413 (24.08%) C#
5 382 (22.27%) JavaScript
6 314 (18.31%) TypeScript
7 119 (6.94%) Go
8 49 (2.86%) Scala
9 44 (2.57%) PHP
10 42 (2.45%) Bash
10 42 (2.45%) C++
10 42 (2.45%) Ruby
11 25 (1.46%) C
12 24 (1.40%) Bicep
12 24 (1.40%) Rust
13 23 (1.34%) PowerShell
14 17 (0.99%) PL/SQL
15 16 (0.93%) Kotlin
16 12 (0.70%) Shell Script
17 11 (0.64%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 206 (12.01%) Security Cleared
2 165 (9.62%) Degree
3 137 (7.99%) SC Cleared
4 80 (4.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 61 (3.56%) AWS Certification
6 34 (1.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 31 (1.81%) DV Cleared
8 26 (1.52%) CISSP
9 24 (1.40%) Azure Certification
10 19 (1.11%) Master's Degree
11 15 (0.87%) TOGAF Certification
12 14 (0.82%) DBS Check
13 11 (0.64%) CISM
14 10 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
15 8 (0.47%) ISTQB
15 8 (0.47%) PhD
16 7 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
17 5 (0.29%) ISACA
17 5 (0.29%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
17 5 (0.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (7.11%) QA
2 60 (3.50%) Accessibility
3 40 (2.33%) GDPR
4 39 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 24 (1.40%) NIST
5 24 (1.40%) PCI DSS
6 23 (1.34%) SOC 2
7 22 (1.28%) WCAG
8 17 (0.99%) NCSC
9 15 (0.87%) GRC
10 10 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
11 8 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
12 7 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 4 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
14 4 (0.23%) SEPA
15 3 (0.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 3 (0.17%) IFRS
15 3 (0.17%) ISO 20022
15 3 (0.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 502 (29.27%) Docker
2 21 (1.22%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.23%) Firmware
4 3 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.058%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 538 (31.37%) Kubernetes
2 331 (19.30%) Terraform
3 95 (5.54%) Grafana
4 92 (5.36%) Ansible
5 53 (3.09%) Prometheus
6 23 (1.34%) Argo
7 22 (1.28%) Kibana
8 15 (0.87%) Puppet
9 13 (0.76%) Cilium
10 12 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (0.41%) HP Fortify
12 4 (0.23%) Packer
12 4 (0.23%) Podman
13 3 (0.17%) Rancher
14 2 (0.12%) Istio
14 2 (0.12%) MIIS
14 2 (0.12%) Nagios
14 2 (0.12%) Opsgenie
14 2 (0.12%) Progress Chef
15 1 (0.058%) logstash
Vendors
1 243 (14.17%) Microsoft
2 73 (4.26%) Google
3 55 (3.21%) Oracle
4 45 (2.62%) Typelevel
5 32 (1.87%) OpenAI
6 24 (1.40%) Splunk
7 22 (1.28%) Dynatrace
8 17 (0.99%) AppDynamics
9 16 (0.93%) IBM
10 14 (0.82%) Databricks
10 14 (0.82%) SendGrid
11 13 (0.76%) Red Hat
12 12 (0.70%) Adobe
13 10 (0.58%) Salesforce
13 10 (0.58%) SAP
14 9 (0.52%) Guidewire
14 9 (0.52%) OneLogin
14 9 (0.52%) ServiceNow
15 8 (0.47%) Cisco
15 8 (0.47%) CrowdStrike